Health & Nutrition Titles

This is the health-focused portion of the Hopkins Technology catalog — the reference works that grew out of our long interest in consumer health, nutrition and natural medicine. For the broader lineup including science, art and travel titles, see the full products page; for our free reading, see the health article index.

Diet, Exercise & Weight Management

Our diet and nutrition software family combined diet planning, exercise tracking, a cookbook and weight-control tools for Windows. It drew on the same large food-nutrition database that powered our professional analysis tools — letting people look up the nutritional content of common foods and plan balanced meals. You can read more on our nutrition software page.

Natural Health Encyclopaedia

A reference guide to maintaining health through the natural use of herbs, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other substances. It was written for general readers who wanted a single, organized place to understand natural approaches to wellness.

Western Herbal Medicine

Our flagship herbal title is a multimedia encyclopaedia of Western herbal medicine — phytotherapy — designed to introduce the considered use of herbal medicines within a holistic perspective. It pairs an extensive A-to-Z materia medica with photographs and narration. Read more on the herbal medicine page.

Traditional Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture

Companion titles cover Eastern traditions: a reference on Traditional Chinese Medicine and pharmacology and a guide to acupuncture, presenting traditional diagnostic theory and materia medica for the general reader.

The Food-Nutrition Database

Underpinning much of this catalog is the food-nutrition database we began compiling in 1989 — for many years one of the largest of its kind, listing tens of thousands of foods with all available nutrition data, much of it supplied directly by food manufacturers.

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Whatever your interest in natural health, the free health article library is the best place to start reading. For authoritative guidance on complementary and integrative approaches, see the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health at NCCIH.

Information here is general and educational. Speak with a qualified healthcare professional before starting any supplement, herb or diet program.